Norikazu Miyoshi,Ã Tsuyoshi Matsuo, Masashi Asaoka, Aki Matsui, and Makoto Wada Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokushima, 1-1 Minamijosanjima, Tokushima 770-8502 ... (Received September 20, 2006; CL-061094; E-mail: miyoshi@ias.tokushima-u.ac.jp) ... Carboxylic acids reacted with metallic strontium and methyl iodide to give methyl ketones preferentially in moderate to good yields.